(BC will modify description and keywords before cataloging) - Here is a period piece (1891), about the early days of dog breeding leading up to the staging of competitive field trials, the development of bench shows, the birth of the American Kennel Club (1884), which firmly established breed standards. The book contains articles by various experts of the period. It sheds light on how the breeds we know and love today were sculpted from the best traits of dogs of yesteryear, and the goals of the persons responsible to study scientific principles of breeding. It discusses old dog training theory and methods of treating disease. Articles cover 46 breeds, their origins, history, and traits. In the preface, Shields called this book “the grandest work on the dog ever published, in this or any country”. Its various authors were part of the movement that was importing canine stock from Europe and organizing national clubs from the various private clubs.
( Michele Fry)

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DURING recording:No more than 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning of the recording!Make sure you add this to the beginning of your recording:START of recording (INTRO)

"Section [number] of The American Book of The Dog. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit librivox DOT org."

At the end of the book, say (in addition): "End of The American Book of The Dog, by various authors. "

There should be approximately 5 seconds silence at the end of the recording.
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There should be 5 seconds silence at the end of the recording, or 10 seconds for files longer than 30 minutes.

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AFTER recordingNeed noise-cleaning?
Listen to your file through headphones. If you can hear some constant background noise (hiss/buzz), you may want to clean it up a bit. The latest version of Audacity is recommended for noise-cleaning. See this LibriVox wiki page for a complete guide.

Naming files:
Please name your file: americanbookofthedog_##_various_128kb , and save as an mp3, at 128 kbsp, (all lower-case) where ## is the section number. It is best to copy and paste this to avoid typographical errors.
Your saved file name will look like this (different section number) americanbookofthedog_01_various_128kb.mp3

ID3 tags are now optional to add. They are added automatically during cataloging. You may wish to add them for ID purposes on your machine.

Artist: Name of Author
Title: Chapter #, Chapter Title
Album: The American Book Of The Dog

Transfer of files (completed recordings): Please always post in this forum thread when you've sent a file. Also, post the length of the recording (file duration: mm:ss) together with the link.

All set. Note that I have edited the intro back to our standard format.

Please also explain what you mean by

NOTE: The introduction will contain a slightly longer INTRO, read by Michele.

If this infers that you will be adding commentary abut the book that is not part of the printed text, we can't accept that. You can write whatever you like in the summary, but the recording needs to be just the LV intro and outro and the text as written.

Would you like me to put in the preclaim for the cover for you?

JoMy Librivox SolosBooks are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill. - Barbara Tuchman

knotyouraveragejo wrote:All set. Note that I have edited the intro back to our standard format.

Please also explain what you mean by

NOTE: The introduction will contain a slightly longer INTRO, read by Michele.

If this infers that you will be adding commentary abut the book that is not part of the printed text, we can't accept that. You can write whatever you like in the summary, but the recording needs to be just the LV intro and outro and the text as written.

Would you like me to put in the preclaim for the cover for you?

No, it's just the extended title as shown on the Title Page of the book, read just once along with the Preface and Introduction.

Yes, please put in the preclaim for me if you don't mind.

Michele Fry, CCMy Projects"When you change the way you look at things, things you look at change."
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Availle wrote:I've been looking at this because the title spurs my inner grammar nazi to action - something appeared to be missing... And indeed there is:

It's actually called "The American Book of THE Dog". Just in case you'd like to adjust the intro/outro.

My inner grammar Nazi, usually up and about, was snoozing. I did not see it at all. But the title grated on my nerves nonetheless. Thanks, Availle, for catching that so early in the game. I have made the changes.

Michele Fry, CCMy Projects"When you change the way you look at things, things you look at change."
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